Cleaning connections and contacts

[dave]

I picked up a great tip for cleaning atomiser/ battery connections or contacts. I got one of these:

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fibre-Fiber-Pen-Fibreglass-Abrasive-Circuit-Contact-Cleaning-Pen-5-Refills-/130715069990

Dipped in Isopropyl alcohol it is brilliant for these routine bits of maintenance and even brings brass contacts up like new. Great for getting round all the bits of a 510 connection and much better than my previous methods involving alcohol wipes and tissues! Highly recommended if, like me, you have never come across these before.

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Got one of them today

[dave]

Mar 1, 2013 17:44:03 GMT lisa said:

Got one of them today

I guess we both follow the wise words from Sweden

[womble]

Wouldn't a cotton bud dipped in IA do the same job? I'm not sure, it seems a good idea, if a bit pricey.

There must be something laying around the house that would do the same job?

Edit, how about a cut off bit of the scratchy green bit of a scouring pad glued to a cotton bud, or something similar?

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Mar 1, 2013 18:29:23 GMT dave said:

Mar 1, 2013 17:44:03 GMT lisa said:

Got one of them today

I guess we both follow the wise words from Sweden

Indeed

[bomberharris]

sounds a bit expensive to me buying one of them just to clean your contacts , I find a cotton bud does a nice job and alot cheaper to.

[dave]

Yep, I've got through dozens of cotton buds and all sorts of other things. The thing about this is that it is stiff as well as absorbing IPA - I won't have to disassemble things and sand them down any more as well. Given the 5 re-fills I was happy to pay £6.99 for something that would do all the jobs like this I want to do for I guess some years to come
But hey, each to his own

[Phoenix .]

I ordered one today, I too am sick of cotton buds, tissues and the like. Free delivery too!